Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design
Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.
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- 1.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
- 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
- 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
- 6.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
- 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 10.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) caption close to photo
- 11.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
- 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
- 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
- 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
- 15.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
- 18.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 21.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
- 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
- 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
- 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 27.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
- 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 30.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
- 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
- 36.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
- 38.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
- 39.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
Answer key
- True
- alignment
- hierarchy
- True
- a bright button on grey
- True
- alignment
- dark text on light paper
- contrast
- both halves feel equal
- alignment
- caption close to photo
- contrast
- one border on all pages
- True
- contrast
- left edges lined up
- False
- False
- hierarchy
- False
- repetition
- repetition
- one border on all pages
- repeated bullet icons
- proximity
- False
- contact details together
- balance
- True
- True
- False
- hierarchy
- a centred, even layout
- proximity
- False
- balance
- proximity
- False
- captions on a grid
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